When my marriage broke up... I had just put on 45 pounds for my 'Shall We Dance?' character. I had to eat 10,000 calories a day just to put on weight while training with Tony Dovolani. I basically stayed in bed for a six-month rotation of depression naps. Dance helped me lose the weight.

Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.

That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on!

It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply!

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

The first condition of marriage between a man and a woman is that both must belong to each other totally.

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.